{"id":29991,"date":"2026-03-26T10:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29991"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:56:07","slug":"arrest-of-15-nurses-sparks-growing-unrest-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/arrest-of-15-nurses-sparks-growing-unrest-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrest of 15 nurses sparks growing unrest in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Tensions are rising in Zimbabwe following the arrest of 15 nurses at Marondera Hospital during a picket action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">There are now growing calls for their immediate release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Healthcare workers across the country threatening to stage an hour-long picket within the next 72 hours if their colleagues are not freed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The situation has also revived memories of 2018, when the government dismissed more than 10 000 nurses who were protesting for better wages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29992,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-29991","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Tensions are rising in Zimbabwe following the arrest of 15 nurses","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29993,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29991\/revisions\/29993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}